I don't think it's much different in Europe? E.g. the German car industry has good lobbyists in Berlin, they were probably lobbying against speed limits on the

I don't think it's much different in Europe? E.g. the German car industry has good lobbyists in Berlin, they were probably lobbying against speed limits on the Autobahn, and also against stricter emissions tests: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/24/uk-france-and-germany-lobbied-for-flawed-car-emissions-tests-documents-reveal https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/24/uk-franc... Maybe the difference is that Podesta is "freelance" and can be hired by anyone (like Huawei did here), but maybe the car industry lobbyists are also close to politics, we just don't know their names...